Chad's Crappy Corner! But it might be good. (Might be.)

Silly Putty is, well Silly Putty, no? Well, not so fast. Here’s the info I found when I went to the link Chad sent me:

This is from the PBS 'make your own silly putty' page. Link below.Now you can buy Coral Colored Funny Putty in bulk and save.

PLEASE DO NOT BE CONFUSED: Silly Putty is a registered trademark of Binney & Smith.
   

You may view a copy of the registration at
http://trademarks.uspto.gov/access/search-num.html, by searching for registration number 0560758.  Only Binney & Smith may sell Dilatant compound under the name Silly Putty (R).

We sell the same coral colored putty so call it what you want (just don't call it Silly Putty)
(no egg though, that you have to provide yourself!)

$22 a pound, plus $6 shipping/packing for the first pound, $1.50 per pound shipping thereafter.

----end of website content. 

Who knew? But what does Chad think of Funny Putty? He loved it. He played with it long after we finished recording the show, and others in the studio were lined up to play with it too. Especially fun is pushing it down on newspaper and getting a reverse imagine on the Funny Putty. 

Here’s the link where Chad bought his funny putty: 

http://www.funstuffusa.com/sillyput.htm

But wait, there’s more! Did you know you can make your own silly putty? Actually, they do call it Silly Putty on that PBS website below, but probably it should be called Silly Putty-type stuff. (I really don’t know for sure.)

http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/homemade-silly-putty/

Chad said that making your own silly-type putty sounded like fun, but turned out to be time-consuming and expensive. Also, it took much longer than he expected, so we only saw a little bit of his result on the show. And it didn't work neat like the web-bought Funny Putty did, so buying it seems the better way to go.

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